Worlds Wildest Willys Stash

Welcome to the wildest Willys stash in the world. We all love those barn find stories about the ’63 split window or ’66 Hemi Charger found resting in a barn for the last 40 years. But in metro areas there’s no barns, only double garages, warehouses, and shipping containers for accommodating your car fetishes. To that end we present what has to be one of the largest stashes of 1933-42 Willys cars and parts on the planet.

As you know Willys—both the ’33-36 variety and ’37-42 type became one of the go-to cars in the Gasser ranks starting in the late-50s. Prized for their size, light weight, availability, and especially their meager price, they became many a Gasser fan’s ultimate dream—some apparently more than others. There was also a mystique to the Willys among racers. They could see Ohio George or KS Pitman scoring the wins, so what’s good for those dudes has to be good for me, right?

The problem with Willys is that in reality they were fairly rare, and those that got saved by the scrapper in many cases endo’d in the traps at your favorite drag strip. So what the racer initially saved got wadded up by the racer in the end. Drag racing isn’t exactly known for preserving cars. Many of the cars and parts that remain bear the hot torch scars or mangled parts from being a racecar 50 years ago.

As Gassers became extinct in the early ‘70s, they became highly sought after for street use either as pseudo-Gassers or Pro Mod ground huggers. So there was a time when they may have dipped in value, but basically their desire and price have always been on the ascent for the hot rod builder. Which leads us to this amazing stash.

Wanting to remain anonymous, the owner of the crazy cache of Willys cars and parts represents more than 50 years of hunting and storing starting with his first ’41 Willys Gasser built as a teen in the ‘60s—which he still owns. Sit back and enjoy looking at the incredible assemblage of Willys parts, and come back soon to see the Willys Wonderland of dozens of finely finished Willys cars and trucks residing in the collection of this same maniacal collector.